CHESTERVILLE — Voters at the annual town meeting Monday night approved of operating agency liquor stores seven days a week, but rejected Sunday consumption on premises. Articles permitting agency liquor stores to operate Monday through Saturday passed 142-74 and operating them on Sunday passed 114-103. Permitting consumption of premises Monday through Saturday passed, 114-98, but permitting […]
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Chesterville foreman questioned about equipment
CHESTERVILLE — Selectman Edward Hastings IV chastised highway foreman Mike Cote at Thursday night’s board meeting for uninspected town equipment and a wrong registration plate on a trailer. “Your position as highway foreman likely may be in question,” Hastings read from a letter he gave Cote before the meeting and which was read during an […]
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Liquor sales, land ordinance topics at Chesterville hearing
CHESTERVILLE — Residents at Thursday night’s public hearing generally supported articles on liquor sales and land use ordinance changes added to the March 12 annual town meeting warrant. Tiffany Estabrook, acting chairwoman of the Board of Selectman, said adopting laws on liquor sales in town would be the first step to cover all the bases […]
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Police arrest drug trafficking suspect in downtown Farmington
FARMINGTON — Police said a Farmington man was charged with drug trafficking after they found cocaine and marijuana at his downtown apartment Thursday night. Omer Havtan, 20, was arrested after police got a warrant and searched his apartment at 164 Broadway, Farmington Police Chief Jack Peck said. It is within 1,000 feet of Meetinghouse Park, […]
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Chesterville tax rate, new office hours set
CHESTERVILLE — Selectmen on Thursday night set a 2017 tax rate of $17.30 per $1,000 of property valuation and approved new hours at the Town Office. Selectmen last month had tabled setting the tax rate pending the outcome of the third referendum on a Regional School Unit 9 budget. The budget failed, for the third […]
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Chesterville board increases election workers' wages
CHESTERVILLE — Selectmen have voted unanimously to pay election workers $1 more per hour than the minimum wage. Selectman Vice Chairman Tiffany Estabrook said at Thursday’s meeting that the pay wasn’t increased when the minimum wage went to $9 earlier this year. The workers had been receiving 25 cents more than the minimum wage before […]
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Chesterville board tables broadband funding request
CHESTERVILLE — Selectmen last Thursday tabled a request for funding to support a plan for broadband services in Franklin County. Earlier this year, the board wrote a letter of support for a planning grant to improve access to high-speed internet service in greater Franklin County. Charlie Woodworth, a representative of the Opportunity Center of North Franklin County, said […]
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Consent agreement approved for Parker Pond camp
CHESTERVILLE — Selectmen voted 4-1 Thursday night to approve a consent agreement allowing a deck and shed to remain at a camp at 37 Bachellers Mill Road. Selectmen Tyler Jenness, Tiffany Estabrook, Matt Welch and Edward Hastings IV were in favor, Selectman Ross Clair was opposed. The camp on Parker Pond is currently owned by […]
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Chesterville going for local food ordinance
CHESTERVILLE — Selectmen agreed Thursday night to appoint a special committee to review an ordinance that would allow residents to sell food they’ve grown, produced or processed directly to consumers. Budget Committee member Kim Lessard asked the board to consider enacting a Food Sovereignty Ordinance, now that Gov. Paul LePage has signed a law giving […]
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Chesterville board buys trailer, gets update on burn permits
CHESTERVILLE — Selectmen on Thursday night approved buying a 20-ton trailer for $3,200 to haul the town’s recently purchased excavator. Vice Chairman Tiffany Estabrook had seen a listing for it and told Highway Foreman Mike Cote. “It’s a good trailer,” Cote said. It’s owned by Terry Warren of Smithfield. Fire Chief John Archer announced burn […]